Sun Tu didn't pay much attention to Huang Wenbing's reaction. In his opinion, this is just a logical result. Huang Wenbing is indeed capable and loyal to himself. In addition, there is really no one in Qingzhou City who can better hold this position except him. He is not allowed to serve as the temporary magistrate. Who can I choose
Others laughed when they saw this, and congratulated Huang Wenbing one after another. After making a fuss for a while, Sun Tucai said again: "Managing the civil affairs of the state is one thing, but the more important thing for us is to strengthen the army. This is my part."
These words immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone present. Everyone knew that the Qingzhou Army is today because it is strong enough. To continue to ensure its own safety and interests, making the Qingzhou Army stronger has become the key. .
Seeing this, Sun Tu also smiled with satisfaction: "So I plan to expand the army again and recruit more troops. Although we have captured nearly Qiansanshan prisoners this time, it is hard to say whether they can be used, at least until we confirm that they are of one mind with us. We cannot completely regard them as comrades. After several battles, our Qingzhou Army has suffered a lot of casualties. Now it is time to find ways to continue recruiting young men from the civilian population into the army. This matter must be left to you. Done."
"Don't worry, Governor. Now our Qingzhou Army is not only famous in Qingzhou, but also in the entire Shandong Province. Everyone respects it. As long as we spread the idea of recruiting troops, I dare not say that there will be more than three thousand or five thousand people." Recruit as soon as possible." Qi Desheng replied immediately.
Others also echoed: "Yes, in fact, many young men in the city have been looking around recently to see if there is a chance to join our Qingzhou Army. If they have the opportunity this time, they will not miss it."
"Of course that's the best. However, my requirements for the Qingzhou soldiers will not decrease due to the increase in the number of people. The first thing is to absolutely obey military orders, and then be willing to endure hardship and practice. As for family background, I can put it first. On the other hand. I hope you can all implement the principle of "better than indiscriminate"." Sun Tu put forward his request again: "I hope that the conscription can be done before the year, and then slowly practiced, so that in the autumn and winter of next year, I The Qingzhou Army will become even stronger."
Now Sun Tu no longer intends to do everything himself. After entrusting his intentions and general direction, he leaves such civil and military matters to Huang Wenbing and Qi Desheng. As for himself, he had more important things to do.
After everyone had dispersed, he specifically stopped Huang Wenbing: "There is one more thing that I need you to do as the temporary magistrate. That is to write letters to the chief officials of several prefectures in Shandong so that they can communicate with them. We, Qingzhou, form an alliance."
"Huh? What does the governor mean?" Huang Wenbing asked with some confusion. We are all officials of the imperial court, how can we talk about alliance? If we really want to talk about alliance, don't we still have the Gyeonggi East Road Transport Envoy Yamen to lead everything
"This time, our Qingzhou bandit suppression force attracted the Liangshan bandits from Jeju Prefecture. If they hadn't arrived a little later, and our army had already captured Erryong Mountain, I'm afraid the battle would have had twists and turns again. This time it was luck, but what about the future? ? I will never let such an incident happen again, which requires the concerted efforts of our officers and soldiers from all the states in Shandong."
Sun Tu said solemnly: "What you have to do this time is to explain the matter clearly.
It would be wiser to let the surrounding state officials know the dangers of the bandit alliance to them. Now even the thieves and bandits who occupy the mountain as kings can unite with each other, but we, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, are still just looking after our own affairs, which is too unreasonable. This matter must be reached as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be difficult to predict. "
Only then did Huang Wenbing understand that Sun Tu had taken such pains, so he responded with clasped fists, and then said with some worry: "Captain, are you not afraid of the court's suspicion in doing this? After all, the murder of Murong Yanchao has just been resolved."
"It concerns the stability of Qingzhou and Shandong, so I can't care about these trivial matters." Sun Tu smiled and said: "Just do it, I believe there will always be sensible people who can understand me. !”
After all these civil and military matters were ordered, Sun Tu completely relaxed. Next, he plans to spend time with Ya'er and prepare everything for his wedding. Although there won't be as many red tapes as when many people get married, there are still many missing festive scenes.
After experiencing the surprise of being proposed to by Sun Tu in public, Ya'er seemed particularly shy when she got along with Sun Tu again. Her face was always flushed, and her voice was softer than before, but her brows There was deep joy and expectation in the corners of his eyes. Although he didn't really say it out loud, he already eagerly hoped that day would come sooner.
In the remaining days of November, Sun Tu stayed with Ya'er, watching the sky and snow with her in his house, and talking about love words that made the little girl feel even more shy. Extremely relaxing…
In sharp contrast to Sun Tu's relaxation, others are still busy with their own errands, especially the military camp, which is now bustling with people. Hundreds of people come to apply for recruitment every day. In addition to the locals in Qingzhou, there are also many The young man came from the nearby state capital after hearing the news.
In fact, under the guidance of the Song Dynasty court's idea that the nobles were noble and the military was light, the people were quite resistant to joining the army, and there was even a saying that good men should not be soldiers. Only those who have committed crimes and were sent to military camps, or those who have suffered a disaster and can no longer survive, will have no choice but to enter the military camp.
It has become a common understanding among the people today that it is difficult to stand out in the military camp, and you will even become a coolie for your superiors, without even getting basic living security. However, the emergence of Sun Tu and the various changes implemented in the Qingzhou Army completely broke this stereotype.
As long as you join the Qingzhou Army, you will no longer be owed money, food, and salary. Even the money you were owed before will be paid back in full. And as long as you are willing to practice hard, the army will also give you rewards based on your performance. These benefits alone are enough to make many ordinary people who live a miserable life yearn for it.
Not to mention that this time Sun Tu led his troops to wipe out three bandit strongholds in Qingzhou. While eliminating harm for the people, he also completely established the reputation of the Qingzhou Army and was regarded as a heroic team by many people in Shandong. There are many heroes in Shandong. Now that everyone has the opportunity to join such a heroic army, everyone is naturally excited. Even if they are not natives of Qingzhou, as long as they get the news, many people will go to Qingzhou City without any trouble. Apply.
So a scene that broke everyone's understanding appeared in Qingzhou City. While other state capitals only retained less than 50% of the Xiang army, the Qingzhou army's recruits had exceeded the imperial court's number.
The rated number, after half of the twelfth lunar month, was fixed at 3,700, which was a full 700 more than the number of Xiang troops stipulated by the imperial court.
Such eye-catching results naturally made Sun Tu and the others very excited, but at the same time, the price paid was quite high. Originally, Sun Tu obtained a large amount of money after plundering Murong Yanchao and other officials. After that, he leveled three strongholds and captured more benefits. In addition to distributing them to meritorious soldiers and subsidizing the casualties, the army There are still tens of thousands of coins left in the warehouse, and everyone originally thought they would be able to use them for a year or two.
But as a result, after such a large number of new soldiers were recruited into the camp, the military's consumption suddenly increased a lot. Especially food, which was already in short supply, became even more stretched. Huang Wenbing could only purchase grain from surrounding state capitals through various channels, and he even began to make plans for other avenues.
Sun Tu was unambiguous when he saw this, and immediately took out all the three thousand taels of gold he had newly acquired and handed them over to the army for use. It was only after some persuasion from other brothers that he took back three hundred taels of gold for his wedding early next year.
As soon as this incident came out, Sun Tu's status in the minds of the Qingzhou Army was once again promoted, and everyone admired Sun Dujian from the bottom of their hearts. You must know that other generals of the Xiang army often try their best to obtain benefits from the army, deduct military rations, eat short quotas, etc. just to satisfy their own greed. But Sun Dujian is completely opposite to them. Instead of profiting from the army, he keeps investing money in it. Such a general is unpopular. I wonder which general can win the support of officers and soldiers
Of course, not everyone agrees with Sun Tu. While many people in Shandong and the military respect him, some state officials and generals have a lot of opinions about him, because Huang Wenbing's official letter has been sent to them. Desk.
"A small sixth-grade governor, a guy who is not yet an official, but is temporarily acting as a prefect due to unexpected changes, actually dares to issue orders to us, and even wants to command the entire army of Shandong? Are they acting like this? Who are they? Who gave them the courage to have such arrogant ideas!"
This is the first reaction of almost everyone who receives the letter. However, they also knew that Sun Tu had a backer in the court, and even high-ranking officials like Liang Shicheng could not touch him. Even killing Murong Yanchao and hundreds of others would not end the matter, so they had no intention of becoming an enemy of Sun Tu. After a few complaints, these letters were thrown into the corner. Everyone has the same status, even higher than Sun Tu. Who would be willing to follow his order
As for some people who were interested, after realizing everyone's intentions, they did not dare to go against the trend. Unless an opportunity appeared, Sun Tu's idea of integrating the Shandong army would only become a joke.
But the opportunity appeared at the last moment of the year-end. No one would have thought that when Qingzhou was leveling three mountains and the government was at its peak, there would be bandits and bandits who would act openly.
On New Year's Eve, when the entire Song Dynasty was immersed in joy, an army suddenly came out from Liangshan and attacked Dulonggang not far from them...
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